What Did You Do Recently That Would Aid Your Survival?

Not much at all, just fine tuning little things and still learning stuff!
Just upgrading weapon slings at the moment, mainly for inter-operability!

I think in a survival situation every firearm needs a lanyard!
In real shooting encounters lots of weapons get dropped and not retrieved!
as a survivalist this is a no no! you must not loose your weapons!

Slings and lanyards ensure that letting go of your weapon is not the loss of your weapon!

 

I actually meant weapons of any sort and some tools!
I also have lanyards for most of my working knives also!
and most of my tools have lanyard holes at least!

Dropping a shifter when knee deep in mud is not much fun.
Trimming tree branches 10m up is bad enough but dropping the loppers or handsaw really sucks.

 

Security and weapons are the most important bit of survival!
Without the ability to defend who and what you have you quickly end up with no one and nothing!
A warehouse full of supplies is useless to you if it is not in your possession! same as your house and farm!

But seeing as you are English and only just out of peasantry/slavery if you are actually out of it, being owned by the guy/s with the gun/s
should feel like the good old days!

The only rights you will have are the rights you can enforce!
Free men are well armed men!

 

We got it good in Australia, damn good!
Not perfect by any means but good!

Keith has been out in the boonies way to long! awesome woodlore etc as that is his life but he has little idea on many subjects he spouts off on in my opinion!
Australia is the lucky country !
Many members who joined here were not preppers/survivalists at all not even beginners! Same problem at other forums!

Many are just trolls/troublemakers visiting, destroying then just leaving again!
I have seen just one member join and pick fights with six others in there first ten posts then run up several hundred posts challenging others getting moderators
involved then just vanishing for the most part!

We seem to seldom agree on things but we don't go off! no point!
Ever been to Australia? great place!

 

AS an AMERICAN, speaking only for myself. I do believe our Passion for firearms has been with us since the revolution. Our country is only 250 years old and we have had firearms in our homes [NOT EVERYONE] to me for better or worse it gives me a feeling of being able to control at least part of my life while the government takes away our freedoms piece by piece. Someday WE will be like austrailia and the EU and become servents to our government we are well on our way. Only thing stopping the gov is knowing there are 80 million gun owners in the USA. IF people feel safer without firearms then by all means dont own 1 but please dont try to take mine, I wont give them up easy.

 

JUST wanting a firearm here IS A GOOD ENOUGH REASON to have 1 or 10, Truly FREE people dont have to ask permission of their ???????? government DEFENSE of one,s self and family is something that we are all given by the creator when we are born. It,s not something anyone can take away unless you let them. Think I will be moving on. WATCH your TOP KNOT and keep your eye,s along the skyline. JOE WHITECROW & RAVEN

 

Keith
Good to see some decent 4WD's

I have the 80 series Landcruiser in petrol/lpg and slightly modified!

 

Bought two new firearms. One is a new Springfield Armory pistol. The other is a Rock River lower, for an upper I had laying around, so I will have a complete civilian legal M-4 type carbine. So now I have another AR caliber M-4 type carbine and another 9 mm pistol for covert use when needed.

I have also made plans to vote AGAINST Hillary Clinton.

 

Did you beef up the front springs for the bulbar ?

 

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planted some fruit trees, did some winter camping just cuz it helps keep me sharp and took my daughter with me. I am finding teaching her these skills does a great deal to keep them myself.

 

I agree completely. Protection and hunting are important, but many more will fail due to hypothermia, dehydration and panic than direct violence. Many skills will be needed, a lot of those skills are rare today. While I do own and practice with my firearms, it is my abilities in many other areas that have me nervous and trying to catch up through forums like this one.

 

I recently did a fast for 2 days. Learning to deal with not eat is healing, which can help one live longer, Also the self discipline of fasting will help to stretch the food supplies in cast of an emergency.

 

My husband and I have been planting more fruit trees and berry plants. We have pear, apples, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, cherry,Peach,thornless blackberries and fig.Pecan trees that produce well every other year.I have a large assortment of herbs .We always have a garden and enjoy canning and dehydrating our produce.I have also started using mylar and 02 absorbers to store dry goods for the future

 

I have been Stocking up Food